UA Colleges Co-Sponsor Festival Spotlighting African Films
The sixth annual Tuscaloosa Africana Film Festival, co-sponsored by two University of Alabama colleges, will be held Saturday, Feb. 3, at the Bama Theatre in downtown Tuscaloosa.
Colleges & Schools
Job Skills, Financial Literacy Program Seeks Participants, Volunteers
The Culverhouse Learning Initiative and Financial Training program is seeking student volunteers and community participants for its spring series of job and professional skill development programs.
Partnership Brings Health Profession Training to Rural Students
The University of Alabama’s College of Community Health Sciences announced today a new partnership between the CCHS and Alabama Statewide Area Health Education Centers to extend educational and training opportunities to high school students in rural areas of Alabama.
Spot On
As cars have gotten sleeker and lighter over the decades, nostalgia about cars of yesteryear often romanticize their sturdiness – huge boxes of steel ready to take on any impact. It is a memory often not rooted in the reality of the safety of today’s vehicles.
From UA to Broadway, Tuscaloosa Native’s Acting Career Has Soared
UA alumnus Jake Boyd advises those dreaming of pursuing a career in music theatre that it’s no cakewalk. Although it can be very frustrating, it can also be very rewarding,
UA Book Helps Solve 87-Year-Old Fossil Mystery
A book on trace fossils found in an Alabama coal mine helped the American Museum of Natural History find the origins of specimens.
UA, Tuscaloosa Fire, Rescue Partner to Expand Services
Tuscaloosa Fire and Rescue Service partnered with The University of Alabama’s University Medical Center to develop ACTION, a program that responds to the less critical needs of the community and reduces costly hospital emergency room transports and care.
UA’s Medical Practice Recognized as Patient-Centered Medical Home
University Medical Center was nationally certified in December as a Patient-Centered Medical Home in recognition of its commitment to patients while improving quality and lowering health care costs.
Partnership Brings UA, Pakistan Researchers Together
A professor at The University of Alabama is part of an international team performing geological research in northeast Pakistan aiming to understand where possible oil and gas deposits reside beneath the surface.
UA Office to Promote International Family-Oriented Early Intervention Model
The University of Alabama College of Education has launched the Evidence-based International Early Intervention Office to promote an intervention model designed for children younger than 6 with disabilities and their families.